While at speeds under 65 mph, I noticed that the volume is either too low or too loud and I can never feel the subwoofers unless the volume is at an ungodly high setting (too loud for me).

Basically with only 2 bars, the audio is too low to hear with the engine/road noise, and with 2.5 bars, it's too loud for me (but you can hear the audio clearly). I tried different SpeedVolume settings (from 3 to 5) and it didn't make a big difference.

I tried Driver's seat, All seats, and rear seats to no avail.

 

I use 12-15 bars myself...

Speed volume just lowers/raises it when you come to a stop/speed up.

Mine thump the friggin doors pretty hard, not sure but it sounds much louder and more clear then my 06's for some reason There are no subs in the rear

 

12-15 bars?!?!? wow...

My ears will hurt at around 3 bars! I tried out the Shaker 500 with hearing protection once and could feel the subs at around 3-4 bars. I keep it at 1 full bar up to a max of 2 full bars, but it's too low at speed and 2.5 bars is too loud at speed.

 

Alright, now I am confused, what bars are you talking about? Bass/trebble over center? There is no extra 'shaker' like the 1000 has, its a normal stereo.

I keep speed volume at 2 most of the time, 3 if I have the windows down

 

I am talking about the volume bars. I have at most 2 full bars. 2.5 bars (5 small bars) is too loud for me. I have maxed out the treble and bass.

 

I've found the stereo is much louder when I'm playing a CD than the radio. Radio listening needs about 3-5 bars, while CD's need 1.5-3 bars for normal listening. Try switching stations, or playing a different CD and see if that helps.

 

Look at your owners manual, It tells you how to set everything on the radio. The speed control can be set to low or high, even set to off.lol

 

He said he already checked the speedvolume and it is not the problem.

 

Wow, if your ears hurt at 3 bars you might want to try turning you hearing aid down

 

No hearing aid here, but I do listen to the CDs a lot.

 

Note he also mentions he has "maxed out" the treble and bass. That makes for a rather extreme equalization, with low and high frequencies boosted to abnormally high levels.

Everyone has a personal preference, though. For me, I have treble at the center default position. Bass is actually reduced a few bars below default - I found the center setting to be a little too bassy and unbalanced for me.

First thing I would suggest is return bass and treble to the default center positions. Then make *small* adjustments from there to fine-tune your sound. In most cases, the only need for using the extremes of the tone controls is to compensate for bad recordings, or a really severe hearing deficit.

EQ - even just bass and treble - can be easily abused and create lousy audio quality.

 

I must be deaf, even with all my audio upgrades, I usually listen to the radio at 6 or 7 bars and the CD at 4 to 5; on rental cars with the Shaker 500, its usually 10 or 11 bars with the radio.

 

you probably already tried this but try adjusting the bass and treble levels. You may be more sensitive to treble or bass and it may just be one or the other that is too loud. To hear music over my exhaust and tires I have to run the bass low or it will hurt my ears at that volume.

I also noticed newer CD's have tremendous bass compared to older CD's, mainly CD's that were coverted from analog to digital.